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<blockquote data-quote="Michael O'Brien" data-source="post: 8769127" data-attributes="member: 6807727"><p style="text-align: center"><img src="https://www.chaosium.com/product_images/uploaded_images/loms-logo.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><em><a href="https://www.chaosium.com/blogchaosium-announces-lords-of-the-middle-sea-roleplaying-game-is-in-development" target="_blank">Lords of the Middle Sea: The Roleplaying Game</a> is in development. Based on Lynn Willis's 1978 futuristic proto-Steampunk board game, set in the post-apocalyptic ruins of a flooded North America, the tabletop RPG utilizes a streamlined version of the Basic Roleplaying system.</em></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><img src="https://www.chaosium.com/product_images/uploaded_images/-ossi-heikkala-lords-of-the-middle-sea-pregens.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p><p><a href="https://www.chaosium.com/jason-durall" target="_blank">Jason Durall</a>, creative lead for the project, writes:</p><p></p><p>For anyone curious about what influences might be going into this game, here's a preview from the appendix:</p><p></p><h4>INSPIRATIONAL SOURCES</h4><p>The following references may be of interest to <em>Lords of the Middle Sea</em> players and gamemasters. All provided inspiration and influence years ago or during the development process, whether profoundly or only peripherally. Some items on this list are controversial and/or contain outdated attitudes and concepts. Their placement here is not an endorsement, but merely an acknowledgment of their influence on the creative process.</p><p></p><h4>FICTION</h4> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">A Boy and His Dog (original short story), Harlan Ellison</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">A Canticle for Leibowitz and Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman, Walter M. Miller</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Chrysalids, John Wyndham</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Damnation Alley (novel), Roger Zelazny</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Deus Irae, Philip K. Dick & Roger Zelazny</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Dhalgren, Samuel Delaney</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Drowned World, J.G. Ballard</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Exodus, Julie Bertagna</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Flood, Maggie Gee</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I Am Legend, Robert McCammon</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Labyrinth, Simon Stalenhag</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Logan’s Run and Logan’s World, William F Nolan</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Nomad of Time, Michael Moorcock</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Oryx & Crake, Margaret Atwood</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Parable of the Sower, Octavia Butler</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Penultimate Truth, Philip K. Dick</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Postman, David Brin</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Road, Cormac McCarthy</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Roadside Picnic, Arkady and Boris Strugatsky</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Sand, Hugh Howey</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Wool (trilogy), Hugh Howey</li> </ul><h4>COMICS</h4> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Killraven</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Saber</li> </ul><h4>FILM & TELEVISION</h4> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Babylon A.D.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Bad Batch</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">A Boy and His Dog</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Annihilation</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Book of Eli</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Day After Tomorrow</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Damnation Alley</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Destination IO</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Doomsday</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Escape from New York, Escape from LA</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Extinction</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Firefly (television series) and Serenity (film)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">How it Ends</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Logan’s Run (film and television series)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Mad Max, The Road Warrior, Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, and Mad Max: Fury Road</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Planet of the Apes (film series)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Postman</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Radioactive Dreams</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Rain</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Road</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Rover</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Shadow in the Cloud</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Six String Samurai</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Stalker</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Until the End of the World</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Waterworld</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">What Still Remains</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Zardoz</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Zombieland</li> </ul><h4>GAMES</h4> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Lords of the Middle Sea (original board game, by Lynn Willis)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Airship Pirates</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Aftermath</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Dogs in the Vineyard</li> </ul><p>And Jason says, "And by all means I am still open for suggestions about new potential influences!"</p><p></p><p><strong>Art:</strong> excerpt from 'Bella Dama crew line-up' concept art by Ossi Hiekkala.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Michael O'Brien, post: 8769127, member: 6807727"] [CENTER][IMG]https://www.chaosium.com/product_images/uploaded_images/loms-logo.png[/IMG][/CENTER] [I][URL='https://www.chaosium.com/blogchaosium-announces-lords-of-the-middle-sea-roleplaying-game-is-in-development']Lords of the Middle Sea: The Roleplaying Game[/URL] is in development. Based on Lynn Willis's 1978 futuristic proto-Steampunk board game, set in the post-apocalyptic ruins of a flooded North America, the tabletop RPG utilizes a streamlined version of the Basic Roleplaying system.[/I] [CENTER][IMG]https://www.chaosium.com/product_images/uploaded_images/-ossi-heikkala-lords-of-the-middle-sea-pregens.png[/IMG] [/CENTER] [URL='https://www.chaosium.com/jason-durall']Jason Durall[/URL], creative lead for the project, writes: For anyone curious about what influences might be going into this game, here's a preview from the appendix: [HEADING=3]INSPIRATIONAL SOURCES[/HEADING] The following references may be of interest to [I]Lords of the Middle Sea[/I] players and gamemasters. All provided inspiration and influence years ago or during the development process, whether profoundly or only peripherally. Some items on this list are controversial and/or contain outdated attitudes and concepts. Their placement here is not an endorsement, but merely an acknowledgment of their influence on the creative process. [HEADING=3]FICTION[/HEADING] [LIST] [*]A Boy and His Dog (original short story), Harlan Ellison [*]A Canticle for Leibowitz and Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman, Walter M. Miller [*]The Chrysalids, John Wyndham [*]Damnation Alley (novel), Roger Zelazny [*]Deus Irae, Philip K. Dick & Roger Zelazny [*]Dhalgren, Samuel Delaney [*]The Drowned World, J.G. Ballard [*]Exodus, Julie Bertagna [*]The Flood, Maggie Gee [*]I Am Legend, Robert McCammon [*]The Labyrinth, Simon Stalenhag [*]Logan’s Run and Logan’s World, William F Nolan [*]The Nomad of Time, Michael Moorcock [*]Oryx & Crake, Margaret Atwood [*]The Parable of the Sower, Octavia Butler [*]The Penultimate Truth, Philip K. Dick [*]The Postman, David Brin [*]The Road, Cormac McCarthy [*]Roadside Picnic, Arkady and Boris Strugatsky [*]Sand, Hugh Howey [*]Wool (trilogy), Hugh Howey [/LIST] [HEADING=3]COMICS[/HEADING] [LIST] [*]Killraven [*]Saber [/LIST] [HEADING=3]FILM & TELEVISION[/HEADING] [LIST] [*]Babylon A.D. [*]The Bad Batch [*]A Boy and His Dog [*]Annihilation [*]Book of Eli [*]The Day After Tomorrow [*]Damnation Alley [*]Destination IO [*]Doomsday [*]Escape from New York, Escape from LA [*]Extinction [*]Firefly (television series) and Serenity (film) [*]How it Ends [*]Logan’s Run (film and television series) [*]Mad Max, The Road Warrior, Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, and Mad Max: Fury Road [*]The Planet of the Apes (film series) [*]The Postman [*]Radioactive Dreams [*]The Rain [*]The Road [*]The Rover [*]Shadow in the Cloud [*]Six String Samurai [*]Stalker [*]Until the End of the World [*]Waterworld [*]What Still Remains [*]Zardoz [*]Zombieland [/LIST] [HEADING=3]GAMES[/HEADING] [LIST] [*]Lords of the Middle Sea (original board game, by Lynn Willis) [*]Airship Pirates [*]Aftermath [*]Dogs in the Vineyard [/LIST] And Jason says, "And by all means I am still open for suggestions about new potential influences!" [B]Art:[/B] excerpt from 'Bella Dama crew line-up' concept art by Ossi Hiekkala. [/QUOTE]
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